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VEHICLE. Y N0 413,587I Patented Oct. Z2, 1889.

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UNITED 'STATES lPATENT, OFFICE.

HARLAN P. WELLS AND JASON SPoFFoRD, JR., or AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,587, dated October22, 1889.

Application filed November 24, 18,88. Renewed September 17, 1889. SerialNo. 324,169. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that we, HARLAN P. WELLS and JASON SPoFFoRD, J r., residentsof Amesbury, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Vehicles, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecication.

Our invention relates to improvements in vehicles of that class that aredrawn or impelled by animal or brute power; and the object of ourimprovement is to provide aportable or extra seat for children to beused therein of such a nature that it can be placed at the front end orat the center of the body, or at both, if so required, and that when notwanted for present use can be laid aside in such a manner that it willnot take up anyof th'e room needed in the carriage for comfort orotherwise, or can be removed entirely from the vehicle, if so required.We attain these results by the mechanical adjustment and peculiarconstruction ofthe parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich-d Figure 1 is an elevation of a front part of a carriage, showin gour invention; and Fig. 2, an elevation of the front end of a carriage,showing the old mode of attaching the seat.

The construction is as follows: The seat c', Fig. 1, may be made in anydesired proportion, and is provided at each extreme end with an arm c3,which reaches in its full width and is secured rmly on its undersurface. These arms a3 curve downward, and at their lower ends arefurnished with a short longitudinal slot a, for the reception of apivotbolt a4 in the form of a reversed U-thus, n-

`which is secured in any desired position on 'the inner surface of theside of the body A, `as shown at a4, by means of which it is securedthereto in such a manner that it can be moved freely back and forth, orremoved entirely, if so required.

In practice, the seat not being in the vehicle, it is placed inposi-tion therein by passing the slots a-that is, in the ends of thearms c3over the bolts a4, thus securing it to the inner side surfaces ofthe body A by a detachable pivot-joint, when, if it is not needed forpresentuse, it is turned back and its face carriage-seat, as shown bydotted lines a c5. When itis wanted, it is brought forward and placed inthe position shown at a a2, its inner side resting on a raised rib a2,which is framed into the front part of the body A for that purpose,(shown atc) describing in its line of passage an arc of a circle ofwhich the bolt a4 is the axis. Should more than one seat of this kind bewanted in the same vehicle, the raised rib a would be framed orotherwise secured in the rear surface of the front seat and the otherparts made proportionate thereto.

It will be understood that we do not claim the herein-described seat o.as exclusive of similar seats, as they have been and are now used forthe same purposes, but are entirely different in construction andinferior in praca tical results, inasmuch as that they are hinged to thefront end of the body, as shown at b', Fig. 2, and when in use are keptin position by the uprights b3, which are hinged to the under surface ofthe seat b in such a manner that when the seat b2 is not required theywillv fold under and the seat will fall in the y position shown by thedott-ed lines b. The practical objections to this mode of constructionare that the fupholstering of the seat h2 is exposed to the action ofthe feet of the occupants and liable to be damaged thereby, and the seatb2 occupies the room needed for the necessary furnishings of thevehicle, and in case of accidents or carelessness the uprights b3, whichare made to fold inward, are liable -to be pushed from under the seat b2to the injury of its occupants, nor can the Seat be removed from orplaced in the vehicle, as is at times a necessity, without the use ofmechanical skill. These defects are remedied by our seat, from the factthat the under Surface of its inner side rests on a continuous raisedrib a2, Fig. 1, and its marginal edge against the inner surface of thefront end of the body A, While the arms ai project beyond its front edgein such proportion as to bring any strain between the pivot a4 and riba2, and are secured laterally by means of the overlap of the head of thebolt c4 so closely to the inner Surface of the sides of the body surfacerests against the upright frame of the A as to leave the full spacebeneath the seat d for the stowage of the necessary furnishings, andpreclude all danger of accident, for the simple reason that when anyweight is placed on the seat d the arms a3 have a tendency tostraighten, and thus tighten the seat a in position between the pointsnamed. Thus it will be noted that the heavier the weight is the irmerthe seat will be held in place, and that when not needed it occupies noavailable space whatever. Therefore what we do claim as entirely new andoriginating with us is the construction and adaptation of the portableseat a in the broadest sense of the term.

Having thus described and defined our invention5 what we claim as'ne'w,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As an improvement in vehicles, the llorein-desc'ribe'd portable seat,which consists of zo the seat a', with the arms a3, provided with theslots a, constructed and adapted substantially as described, for thepurposes set forth.

2. In vehicles of the class herein named, the portable seat a', havingthe slotted arms a3, in combination with the raised rib a2 and bolts a4,constructed and arranged in the manner herein described, for thepurposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this speciication, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses,V on this 20th day ofNovember, A. D. 1888.`

HARLAN P. WELLS. JASON SPOFFORD, JR. Vitnesses:

GEO. W. GATE, A. T. BROWN.

